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The Radiants Chronicons :  Vol. I & II Of The Radiants Duology Series by jasminestars
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"I was born like this. A stain to humanity. An imperfection. They believe we are flawed. They segregate and call us "Radiants". My name is Tamar Adu and this is my story." ***** In an alternate world from the one we live in, it's the year 2042 in Nigeria where democracy no longer exists and dictatorship has taken charge as the new form of leadership. Radiants, a rare lower caste human specie that suffered years of abuse from the other human counterparts, are now captured and taken away from their homes by the government. Recently abducted Tamar Adu, finds herself at the centre of a power struggle when a secret Radiant uprising group called the Strikers Unit, rescues and takes her into their clandestine world. The Radiants Chronicons : Radiants Duology Series (SET 1) Vol. I - Radiant ✔ Vol. II - Defiant ✔ 🏆Overall 1st place - The Pineapple Awards (ALL CATEGORIES) 🏅1st place - Majestic Wings Awards (sci-fi category) 🏅1st place - Monarchy Awards (sci-fi category) 🏅1st place - The Colorful Awards (Sci-fi category) 🏅1st place - The Pineapple Awards (Sci-fi category) 🏅1st place - Vintage Awards (Sci-fi category) 🏅2nd place - The Rose Awards (Sci-fi category) 🏅2nd place - The Rose Thorn🌹Awards (Sci-fi category) *CURRENTLY UNDER MAJOR EDITING* Highest ranking #1 in #trueheart #8 in #Uprising A Nigerian SciFi/Adventure novel
Rooted Dreams by sacredlilac
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With humanity flung across the galaxy and banned from settlement, finding an uncharted planet might mean a place where they'd be allowed to put down roots again. No one could predict the results of ignoring protocols in the face of their excitement at the find, however. Results that will change them all for the rest of their lives. Round 1 Entry for the 2019 @LayethTheSmackdown: Back To Our Roots Contest
Memorize (Book One) by EerieVal
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Think of a future where memories are wiped away from human brains to help people deal with time and incurable disease. Think of a time when man can live several lives and doesn't have to endure sickness and old age. And think of a man who finds himself in the impossible situation of being able to tap the depths of his brain to access shreds of his old memory. What will he find out? What will he do? https://www.wattpad.com/myworks
The Cursed Prince |ON HOLD by Tris_fire
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"Each One Of Us Is Cursed" A sci-fi fantasy novel. Meet Nova: a skilled assassin from the future who has been sent to the past to kill a creature called the Beast. It's her first solo mission and she's determined to prove herself to her stepmother. Only the Beast is not what they say he is and she knows it all too well. The fate of the Supernaturals rests in her hands and so does the fate of her best friend. Things take a turn for their worse when she ends up trapping herself in a maze built by her own thoughts and her chances of escape are slim. The maze might hold the answers she seeks but she needs to face her past. A past that might hold the key to her problems.Only the key is lost. When a mysterious fox turns up to help her, it only leads to more questions. While Nova is trapped, the Beast wrecks havoc in the life of a certain hot headed girl with fire in her very soul. Meet Medea: a girl with fire in her veins who lives with her grandmother who forsees the future. Or whatever the flame shows ....Half baked thousand versions of the future. Fire, Supernaturals and visions are not the only secrets they have. And of course the Prince trapped within his own mind, who can do nothing but watch. Cursed and controlled by a spirit called the Beast, he can do nothing but hope. All of them have secrets and somehow they are connected. Torn between family, friendship and duty and thrown into a world of magic and betrayal, the fate of the world rests in the hands of these teenagers. *** 3rd place in Materia Awards #new cover by @Miraculousness #highest ranking 105 in fantasy (12/05/18) (Previously known as 'forgotten tales')
THE MULTIVERSAL CRIMINAL by STRILON
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A girl with secrets. Secrets on which the very fabric of space and time are threatened of their existence. "What she did was a crime"- is what they'd all say. But was what she did, really what she is being accused of? Is she really a criminal; a Multiversal Criminal? Harbouring knowledge unknown to any civilisation, about Gods of the Multiverse, she awaits a fate like no other. But there's always more to her actions. A man is on the lose, seeking the 'perfect system' for the greater good. But when it costs innumerable lives, is it really so noble? And a new organisation called IMG, is unknowingly dragged into this chaos, leading to an unfathomable event that changes all of their lives. The Galactic Patrol, the body of law and order, is depressed over the turn of events. But even when the sky seems so dark, some light shines through the gaps. And this time, it would change the Multiverse once and for all. Would death be their end? Or would there be something after death itself, that'd pose a greater promise? This is a race against space, time and what lies beyond. Be prepared, because what you might witness next may change everything you know, or believe! (~75,000 words) [Prologue+38 chapters+Epilogue with character introduction and additional parts] ____________________________________________ Cover by the amazing duo @avadel ! Alternate cover by @katrixrose .
Raven Knight by RobClark5
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It's the year 2309 and the question of whether we are alone in the universe is finally answered; an answer which ends in a full-scale war. Desperate to become a hero, Jason Scharn enrolls in the United Solar Military to push back these alien invaders. But as the war progresses and his career soars, two things become apparent. Is the sacrifice to those close to him necessary and is the enemy this evil entity that propaganda suggests? As more colleagues and friends die around him and key figures start to disappear, questions start to emerge that only he can answer. Why did they attack us? Did they start this war? Who is my true enemy? #Mystique Circle Awards 2023 - Science Fiction 1st Place
The Elementalists by PZino1
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***Featured in YA SCI-FI & FANTASY, SECRET TREASURES and WATTPAD UNDISCOVERED STORIES 2019 *** "The truth can be weathered, eroded; it's every shade of grey that lives in the mist; it's sunrise and sunset and everything in between. . ." Kass is a goat-farmer who dreams of escaping his hopeless village. Sammi is an outcast, determined to save her sister who is slowly dying from the toxin-sickness. And Rai is a privileged drone-racer who works hard, parties hard, and feels. . . nothing. One cracks the earth. One weaves the wind. One dances with the waves. They have never met - but together, they are The Elementalists: weapons created by the resistance to overthrow the dictatorship of their toxic world. Life-changing events rip the trio from their homes, from their lives, and the resistance sends them on a perilous quest: to destroy three mysterious 'capsules' that hold the dictatorship together. But in the face of so many lies, twists and betrayals, Kass, Sammi and Rai - the most dangerous weapons on Tellus - must make tough choices. About who to save. . . And who to destroy.
The Silver Sparrow by Siennafrost
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Some things are deadly when broken... Sold for the price of a pig, trained into the most expensive male escort in the peninsula, Hasheem, the Silver Sparrow of Azalea, finds himself running from his hard-earned life of privilege when a woman decides to die in his room. Forced to escape through hostile territories belonging to desert warriors, Hasheem runs into Djari, the immovable daughter of a tribal chieftain who offers him protection in exchange for an oath of lifetime servitude. Prophesied by her oracle brother as the one born to end the centuries-long war between her people and an empire, Djari's precarious destiny plunges them both into the blood sport of power, politics, and warfare that exacts heartbreaking sacrifices in exchange for peace. CONTAINS VIOLENCE, STRONG LANGUAGE AND SEXUAL CONTENT Amazon Bestseller #1 in Fantasy Anthologies #1 in War Fiction #1 in Asian Myth and Legend #1 in Asian Literature Wattpad contests: #Fantasy Winner - Aesthete Awards 2020 #1st in Fantasy - Chaos Awards 8 2020 #1st in Fantasy - Majestic Wings Awards 2019 #1st in Adventure- Ace Awards 2020 #2nd in Fantasy - Gothica Awards 2020 #2nd in Fantasy - The Ruby Awards 2019 #2nd in fantasy - Majestic Awards 2019 #3rd in fantasy - The Wolf Awards 2020 #3rd in fantasy - Fabulous Awards 2019 #3rd in Fantasy - Genre Awards 2019 # Honorable mention (all genre) - The Genre Contest 2019 # Top ten finalists (all genre) - The High Tide Awards 2019 FEATURED ON @fantasy profile reading list FEATURED ON @adventure profile reading list. FEATURED ON @newlywrittenbooks profile reading list. FEATURED ON @storiesundiscovered Garnet reading list 2019 FEATURED ON @ultimatewriters Wanderlust & Ventures reading list FEATURED ON @psychologicalnovel reading list FEATURED ON @badassreads reading list FEATURED ON @wattpaddarkfantasy reading list
Carnival Souls by RedasNight
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COMPLETED: 2019 Watty Award Winner in Fantasy Every night she plays...and every night they come... Lira is a violinist by nature and a performer by imprisonment. Stolen as a child by a malevolent wraith and trapped in the Spirit World, Lira now spends her days playing the very music that seduced her in the first place. She sees no escape from her existence under the sorceress Bebinn, until one day her music lures Owen who, at age 16, is supposed to be too old to succumb to its spell. Imprisoned alongside Lira and desperate to find a way back home, Owen vows to find a way to free them both. The only problem: no one has ever escaped Bebinn and the Spirit World alive. 1st Place Winner in Fantasy for the Undiscovered Writer Awards! 1st Place in Fantasy for the Hidden Author Awards! 1st Place in Fantasy for the Hot Dog Awards! Winner of @EventualElites "Hypnotized and Hooked" Award! 3rd Place in Fantasy for the Book Center's Summer Awards! Cover by: @Baneen121
Imperial by PaintingTheRosesRed
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Shah Jamshid al-Hassan, king of the Sazian Empire, is dead. He is succeeded by three heirs: Esfandar, the crown prince; Soraya, the forgotten daughter; and Roshani- the one who killed him. Roshani felt no remorse shoving her sword through her father's heart. Nor does she have any doubts about imprisoning her cunning grandmother in the depths of the royal prison, where she can't cause any more trouble. The tyrannical tendencies in the young empress only seem to be tempered by Kasra, her infant half-brother born shortly before the coup. To protect Kasra, Roshani is determined to kill her other siblings and end this conflict once and for all. But spies and betrayers abound in the palace, and Roshani may have more enemies within than without. Esfandar's mind has always been more attuned to war than to the politics behind it. Shocked and outraged by his sisters' betrayals, he seeks to reclaim the throne that is rightfully his. His troops rally in support of their emperor, retaking the north from Roshani's forces. Yet doubt soon creeps into the young prince's mind. As his armies forge ahead, Esfandar will discover that governing and conquering are not one and the same. The large personalities of Esfandar and Roshani have always outshone Soraya in the palace. Neither the shah nor the other palace lords ever concerned themselves with the quiet girl hiding behind her mother's skirts. But now, having escaped Roshani's coup, the empire has been forced to consider Soraya a threat. Protected by the priests and magis of the fire temple, Soraya's claim to the throne is the weakest. Her only hope is a strange power from the gods, one she's not even sure she can control. Three siblings. Three armies. One crown.